{"id":189737,"date":"2026-05-12T02:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/189737\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:45:29","slug":"gannon-university-holds-2026-spring-commencement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/189737\/","title":{"rendered":"Gannon University holds 2026 spring commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Over 700 students\u00a0began a new chapter of their lives on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gannon University held their 2026 spring commencement on Saturday afternoon at the Erie Insurance Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/penn-state-behrend-awards-hundreds-of-diplomas-at-2026-spring-commencement\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Penn State Behrend awards hundreds of diplomas at 2026 spring commencement;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Penn State Behrend awards hundreds of diplomas at 2026 spring commencement&quot;}\"> Penn State Behrend awards hundreds of diplomas at 2026 spring commencement <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year\u2019s degree class is complete with 54 doctoral, 206 master\u2019s, 458 bachelor\u2019s and 20 associate\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rebekah Young, a Gannon graduate who received her Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice and Bachelor of Science, told us what it means to be a golden knight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt means to be a part of something greater than yourself. I may not know the name of every single person who is going to walk across that stage today, but we have that same common characteristic of being a golden knight, no matter where we go in life, how far we make it, we know that we can come back to Erie, we can come back to Gannon, and it will always be home for us,\u201d said Young.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year\u2019s keynote speaker was the bishop of the Diocese of Erie, Reverence Lawrence Persico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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